Cut It Up
It's not officially winter until you make a paper snowflake. Learn the folding tricks online at snowflakes.barkleyus.com (we challenge you not to spend at least 15 minutes with this tool). Once you've got a bunch, string them up to hang on the tree, the mantel or over a doorway. Have a toddler? Let him "decorate" the paper with crayons, markers or stamps before you make the cuts.

Be A Smart Cookie
Roll out a tube of premade sugar-cookie dough, have the kids cut out shapes, then bake. When cooled, let the crew decorate. Don't have frosting on hand? Peanut butter or cream cheese will do the trick.

Spin the Hanukkah Dreidel
Learn how to play dreidel at Myjewishlearning.com, and use M&M's for the pot. For younger kids, pass a dreidel around a circle while you play music. Whoever's holding it when you stop the music is out.

Make a Kwanzaa Unity Cup
Pick out a large, stemmed glass. Get some red, green and black paint and let your kids decorate it. Everyone takes a ceremonial drink from the Unity Cup on the first day of Kwanzaa, December 26.

Forget Lemonade
Set up a hot-chocolate stand. On a mild afternoon when families will likely be outside, offer cups of hot cocoa, along with candy canes for stirring. Donate the proceeds to a charity of your child's choosing.

Bag It
Turn a shopping bag into a Christmas gift tote by cutting out a large square on each side to remove the store logos. Tape cellophane over the window (from the inside). Stuff the bag with tissue paper; tie on a ribbon.

Take a Family Bedtime Drive
Get everyone in their pj's, fill up thermoses with hot cocoa (cooled to room temp for little guys) and pile into the car. Put on Christmas music and cruise around the neighborhood, admiring the lights.

Cheat the New Year
Half an hour before your kids' bedtime, switch the clocks to 11:30 P.M. Count down to "midnight" together then bang pots and pans. Put your kiddos to bed and ring in the new year again with your partner.

Not-so-white Christmas
Fill up a few spray bottles with water and various shades of food coloring, then send the kids out to create their masterpieces in the snow.

Make a snow globe
You'll need: a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid; a plastic figurine; waterproof glue; distilled water (you can also use boiled and cooled tap water); liquid glycerin (available at crafts stores); glitter. Let your child pick out the figure, then glue it inside the lid and let the glue dry. Fill the jar with water, a squirt of glycerin (it helps the glitter swirl) and the glitter. Screw on the lid tightly, then flip!

Celebrate the Hanukkah Festival of Lights
Have your little one make a hand print menorah: Dip each hand in paint; ask your child to overlap his thumbs (this will create the center candle) and then press his hands, with fingers spread, onto paper. Wash hands, then have him dip a finger in yellow paint and dab the top of each candle to create flames.

Easy Homemade Snowman Craft
This Christmas craft for kids doubles as a great Christmas decoration the whole family will admire